The 13th Black Crusade; The Fall of the Casternalls

[Skrall]

The Casternall worlds history begins with the coming of the IV legion. Though the worlds were developed by the normal standards of the Long Night they had little in the way of co-operation. The Imperial Host, lead by Warsmith Toraregokk of the 145th Grand Company stripped the worlds of their armed forces, there waring factions and the sense of self rule in a series of utterly brutal assaults that left over three million dead. In the face of such overwhelming force even the most rebelious faction's will broke. The rebuilding process began in earnest and within six months the entire regions infastructure has been rebuit, improved. Works from all worlds were moved en mass to other regions, populations were mixed wholesale and almost none of the pre-imperial identity remained.

So it was for the seventy years before the outbreak of the Horus Heresy theystood as a monument to the great crusade. Seven star systems working as a single unbroken organism of imperial truth. The worlds were capable of breeding high quality solider stock, excessive food production and high quantities of munitions and Armour. When its most famous sons threw in there lot with Horus it forever tarnished the as the breeder worlds of traitors. The worlds themselves remained loyal and supplied many of the foes of Horus with munitions and food stocks. They even stood against those traitor army hosts who were sent to secure its resources.

For the ten thousand years that followed the Casternall worlds proved time and time against to be a foe to the Emperors enemies. However they never truely saw themselves as being free of 'a taint'. Inquisitors from all ordo's heard the term being used and regularly hunted for chaos cults. Even the most radical of their ilk to visit the world found that all but a handful truely were loyal to the Emperor.

So when the 13th Black Crusade came it was a shock when the entire Casternall worlds, as one, turned from the emperor and sided with chaos. Little did the Imperium know the IV legion had returned to reclaim what it has built...

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So lets begin in proper. It's time for this log to finally begin. I want 30k allied imerial army force. I also want to have flyers... and tanks... and 40k IG stuff. So basically i need an army that can be fielded in two systems with four different source books. So why bother making four armies when i can make one horde of chaos in the truest style of the Eye of Terror codex. It really does give me creative free reign...

The first model of this army (since i've got huge amounts of infantry to do) is in fact a Thunderbolt, part of my 30k force and my 40k air army.




[Imgur]([url]http://i.imgur.com/7Uft2oY.jpg[/url])





it's going to be a lot of work but hopefully it can keep me from binge buying more armies than i can handle...

-Skrall

[Escalation Painting]

this looks really cool dude love the white icons!

[Darren Richardson]

wow that is one beautiful bird that you've painted there, if this is the standards for this, I can't wait to see your infantry.

[Mario Mcms]

Wow dude this looks amazing

[Skrall]

thanks guys! Yeah i'm hoping to keep this quality all the way through though i have some serious work to be doing.

now for an update.... my warlord and some troops are on the desk. I also may or may not have escalated things slightly...



-skrall

[Darren Richardson]

umm is that a Warhound Titan sitting on your desk?, if so your army is gonna be very scary indeed....

[Skrall]

umm is that a Warhound Titan sitting on your desk?, if so your army is gonna be very scary indeed....

Only the one.... it's twin resides with my zoican armoured company.

So today represents my last evening of freedom before i set off for the Horus Heresy Weekender. I've decided to finish the test model for my infantry and added some details to the thunderbolt. Sometimes it's little details that truely capture your imagination as a painter....



Now for the grainy photo's of the model that make it look uber-clashy. Still, the basics work in person so once i have the unit done it should work a bit better infront of a camera.





And of course the other thunderbolt pics;





any opinions?

-skrall

[Darren Richardson]

I love that bloody handprint, makes you wonder how it got there

[Skrall]

So a little over an hour has passed since my return from the horus heresy weekender.... and eh, this is chaos portion of my purchases.



And of course being me;



I regret nothing. Now i have to finish unpacking but i shall be responding to comments tomorrow so stick with me.

but damn they are some pimp mini's.

-skrall

[interrogator_chaplain]

So, Gal Vorbak, Mahra Gal Dreadnought, (That was for sale at the Weekender?! You lucky son of the warp!) the event exclusive models, Iron Warriors Shoulder Pads and a Malcador?